American Colonies: The Settling of North America (The Penguin History of the United States, Volume1) (Hist of the USA)
Alan Taylor (Author)
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Colonial Period
With this volume, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by examining the many cultures that helped make America. Transcending the usual Anglocentric version of our colonial past, he recovers the importance of Native American tribes, African slaves, and the rival empires of France, Spain, the Netherlands, and even Russia in the colonization of North America. Moving beyond the Atlantic seaboard to examine the entire continent, American Colonies reveals a pivotal period in the global interaction of peoples, cultures, plants, animals, and microbes. In a vivid narrative, Taylor draws upon cutting-edge scholarship to create a timely picture of the colonial world characterized by an interplay of freedom and slavery, opportunity and loss.
- Rank: #56335 in Books
- Published on: 2002-07-30
- Released on: 2002-07-30
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.17" h x 1.14" w x 6.06" l, 1.21 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 544 pages
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